best 101 Twitter tools

2010-12-31 – Update –  Lazyscope beta – see section Conversation and participation – Twitter, Identi.ca

Twitter – waste or save time besides having fun. Post lists tons of Twitter tools that help you take better advantage of Twitter.We are trying to hit the 100 mark and we are getting ever nearer to it. Can you help us with adding to the list by providing more great Twitter tools?.

What is your favorite Twitter tool – with iPhone, Blackberry, PC, WordPress, Typepad – did I miss listing your tool?  Please let me know so we can improve this list of great tools for the benefit of all Twitter users. Thank you and enjoy.

Ever since I started blogging in late 2000, I have continued to discover amazing things. Like we all do, during this time I have been thinking quite a bit about how social media works. I am still trying to figure out how microsharing (some call it microblogging) works and how replies or direct message ratios indicate anything we should be aware of (e.g., return on microblogging – ROM)

Article source: 101 best Twitter tools

This analysis makes me wonder if Twitter and other microblogging tools matter. Moreover, if they do, how could they help users to better scale one’s attempt of following ever more people to stay abreast the latest developments and gossip. As well, if corporate attempts to use Twitter successfully for advancing their brands and footprint in cyberspace remains to be seen

I thought you might be interested if I share some data on this topic. I have tested, re-tested some tools and while I use a few myself – many I rarely if ever use.

I would appreciate your help in maintaining and updating this list by providing more details and submitting additional tools.

Naturally besides using tools, here is a list of resources that you should browse through to help you use Twitter more effectively:

Twitter netiquette that might help you being more effective while saving time.

Twitter – the four commands you should know about AND use – NOW – saves time

So here come some of the tools that I hope will help you meet your New Year’s resolution for 2009 – namely – wasting less time while spending more quality time with your loved ones.

While not wanting to recommend any, I have marked those I use myself with (use – #tools2watch). Please add comments and let me have your favorite tools.

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Conversation and participation – Twitter, Identi.ca

2010-12-31 – Update – Lazyscope beta – allows you to pre-view links tweeted  on the right-hand side. Over 80 percent of cases  you can read the whole post there without having to visit using a browser. So this can save you plenty of time.
Additional feature offered is that it allows you to follow non-Twitter feeds (e.g., blog) – somewhat similar to Google Reader. #tools2watch

Qwitter – monitor who is quitting the feed – – interesting is that it shows you after which tweet this happened – learn from possible mistakes you made in your tweet … (tried using – does not always work and fails to report reliably who drops and who does not)

Tweet Deck – being a more effective Twitter user organize incoming tweets better any way you like – it is very handy – keeping track much better of many tweets (use – #tools2watch)

Twhirl– Centrally manages activity, messaging, and updating for Twitter and other platforms (FriendFeed, Identi.ca, and Seesmic).

Brand monitoring

Twilert – informing you about tweets mentioning your brand/product (use sometimes)

SplitTwit – helps keeping track of what is being said by your contacts as well as about your brand (use sometimes)

TweetBeep – similar to Google Alerts – monitors who is retweeting your stories, with or without links, who is mentioning your brand, and links to your website/blog. Get daily digest and avoid the need for manual search. (use – #tools2watch)

Tweetscan – does the same like Twilert but after testing I find Twilert more comprehensive (use sometimes)

Twitrratr.com – monitoring positives, negatives and neutrals of a brand, product, individual and so forth – but watch out the tool is basic and using a in one of your tweets counts as a negative tweet – results can be confusing. (use from time to time)

Monitter – tracking tool that enables you to enter up to 3 keywords that you want to monitor, thereafter watch any tweets that mention these words in real time

Safety and Security

Tweetake – enables you to back up your Twitter account, followers, bio and your links (use it – it could be your life saver) (use – #tools2watch)

Twitter safe – making Twitter safer for you – backup your list of followers now – You can download a portable web page and CSV file with your message archive including replies. Our database goes back to December 2007 and is the most comprehensive available (use – #tools2watch)

Managing Tweets

Tweetlater – this is a neat tool for Twitter-related chores – for me I like the daily digest of @ replies, since I am not always where I can monitor the tweets I am receiving, this really helps, will post Tweets at a time specified by you – of course it has to be used correctly without spamming people through direct messages 😉 (use – #tools2watch)

Twitterlater – similar to Tweetlater except you do not get a login and cannot manage your account – just enter the tweet and data you want it shipped and that is it… KISS principle – nice.

TwitResponse — allows you to schedule messages when you want but may be away from your desk or mobile phone. Will post Tweets at a time specified by you.

Twitturly is neat, shows all your hyperlinks that you have shared as well as retweets, an example you can see here: http://twitturly.com/user/commetrics (use – sometimes)

Grouptweet – this enables you to open a special Twitter account on Twitter and then register with Grouptweet – then you use D ComMetricsDEV (we are starting to use it – pre-testing) when sending tweet it gets sent as Direct Message (= D in front) to group members only (e.g., our developers you have been accepted as followers to D ComMetricsDEV) – it works fine so far (use – #tools2watch)

Statistics

Want to know what you have done over the last few months when it comes to your tweet density.

Twittercounter – what is the trend when it comes to the people who follow you? This tries to give you an answer to this question.

Tweet Stats – nice graphics about your tweet density, when you tweet during the week and so on

Twitter analytics – check out where you are in comparison to ComMetrics, nice graphics

Multimedia

If you have any time left, you can bring more variety to your tweets by using multimedia as well.

Utterli – allows cross-post => put up picture on Utterli and get it posted to Flickr, etc at the same time.

TwitPic – people love to look at pictures

12 Seconds – short video clips with your tweets

Browser, Blackberry

TwitSnip (Firefox and Internet Explorer) is a simple tool for easily posting to Twitter. It lets you “quote” text on any web page.

TwitterFox – a Firefox add-on that allows you to send and receive updates, right from the browser’s status bar – has a small text input field to update your status – lower right of your browser (use – #tools2watch).

Twitterberry – downloadable Blackberry application for Twitter – keep your friends posted about your Twitter status from your Blackberry.

Tools for Bloggers

Twitter Tools – WordPress plug-in from Alex King. this is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account – allows you to use your tweets and repost these on your blog if you wish.

Twitter Widget – Adds a sidebar widget to display Twitter updates (uses the Javascript Twitter ‘badge’)

Updated WordPress Twitter Widget – by Adam Wulf – provides widget for showing your Twitter

Blog posts with more Twitter tools

CyTRAP Labs’ choice – free tools – 12 best Twitter tools (great tools for iPhone, PC, managing several Twitter accounts at once and so forth – must check)

More tools, tips, tricks and FAQs from ComMetrics that can help you be more effective with Twitter (outlines the ropes to skip in order to keep your targeted followers happy)

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tools and applications you may want to use

Twittgroups allows one to manage groups I opened one for our tool My.ComMetrics.com check it out

Tweetworks looks interesting for group discussions (used it – mixed success see an example – what metrics to use for Twitters – limited response), thanks for the link (used with mixed success)

Twister – allows one to add backlog feeds to one’s favorite calendar (apart from filling up my calendar – not sure what it adds really). I am not sure if this helps me, just useful if you want to closely stalk others or monitor your own tweets.

Xefer – shows you when you tweet and reply to whom – nice but still trying to figure out what I can do with it

More that can be used if you wish

TwitScoop – tells you “What’s hot right now?” – visualising trend comparisons and volume of conversation.

Twitterholic – Find out who has the most followers and who can be an influential asset to your campaign. •

fb2twitter – allows you to update Twitter by changing your Facebook status

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